Forest tenure reform: New resource rights for forest-based communities

Conservation and Society

Volumn 10, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 77-90

  Larson, Anne M ^a   Dahal, Ganga Ram ^b  

^a CENTER FOR INTERNATIONAL FORESTRY RESEARCH   (Nicaragua)

^b Rights and Resources Initiative   (Thailand)

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EID: 84863736972     PISSN: 09724923     EISSN: 09753133     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4103/0972-4923.97478     Document Type: Review

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